Right this isnt a silly question I know it doesnt exist, I just wondered if anyone had done anything diet, pills? anything that will take the weight away for alittle while enough to get you motivated?
I heard the the cabbage diet would do something like this where you lose up to 10lbs in a week but its hard work...how bout the green tea diet pills?
i always thought doing a careful healthful fast might be a good way to reset some switches, but i never thought dropping a big chuck of weight asap was a good idea.
If you do go on a plan that leads to rapid results (like something with cabbage soup or Master Cleanse or another gimmick), you not only eat at a calorie level that is likely to reduce your metabolism (meaning it'll be harder to lose weight when you go to a more sustainable plan), you'll be losing mostly water anyway, which will just come back when you begin eating normally.
If the plan is a pill/capsule/other gimmick, it probably won't even drop water weight, and is just a waste of money.
There is no "quick fix" or plan that'll drop weight rapidly and be sustainable without hurting your metabolism...hard work, careful eating, and exercise DO work, but they take time.
Count calories~you will lose anywhere from 1 to 2 lbs a week and teach yourself how to eat what you already have properly. No more diet pills/no more diet products/No more money worries/No more excuses. Learn to eat right and lose weight In the most healthy way and also how to maintain after you have reached your goal.(So you aint gaining it back as soon as you quit the pills/the diet program or so on)
OH And when you count calories you will see instant weight loss.
heres something I place on here from time to time to help people ~i think it really goes with your questions and sums it all up:
Principles
Weight management may be difficult to achieve, but it certainly is not difficult to understand. When you consume food or drink, you consume calories. Your body burns calories to function, burning significantly more calories when you exercise. If you consume more calories than you burn, you gain weight. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight.
Because your body requires energy simply to stay alive, you burn calories even when you are not exercising. In fact, you burn calories directly in proportion to your body weight. On average, a male burns 11 calories per day per pound of body weight. The average female burns 10 calories per day per pound of body weight. These figures are just averages. Some people will be higher or lower, since everyone's metabolism is a little different. Fitness Record allows you to specify the value which is appropriate for you. If you don't know, it is suggested that you start by using the average value for your gender.
For example, if John weighs 150 pounds, he burns approximately 150 x 11 = 1,650 calories per day. If he exercises, he will burn additional calories on top of that, depending on the exercise activity. However, if he does not exercise, he must eat 1,650 calories per day, just to maintain his body weight. If he eats more, he will gain weight. If he eats less, he'll lose weight.
For the purpose of calculating expected weight gain/loss, one pound is 3,500 calories. Each time you consume an extra 3,500 calories more than you burn, you will gain a pound. For example, Jane weighs 130 pounds, never exercises, and eats exactly 1,400 calories every day. Her metabolism is burning 1,300 calories per day, so she are consuming an extra 100 calories each day. If she does this indefinitely, she will gain a pound in 35 days, since 35 * 100 = 3,500.
Fitness Record uses another term, called Behavioral Weight. The idea is that over the long term, your weight is determined by your behaviors, and is best illustrated by example. Consider Jane above, who eats 1,400 calories per day. After 35 days of this behavior, she will weigh 131, instead of 130. This means her metabolism will burn slightly more calories than before. If she continues to eat 1,400 calories every day, she will continue to gain weight, but at a slightly slower pace. Eventually, she will weigh 140, at which time her metabolism will be burning 1,400 calories every day. At this point, she will stop gaining weight, since she is consuming the same number of calories that she burns. Therefore, by eating 1,400 calories in a day, Jane is behaving like a 140 pound person. Her "behavioral weight" is 140.
Exercise contributes to your calories burned. If Jane were to exercise, burning an additional 100 calories each day, then her calories burned would be in balance with her calories consumed. She could eat 1,400 calories per day, exercise 100 calories per day, and continue to way 130 indefinitely.
You may now be asking, "Why can't I just eat low fat foods?" You can eat whatever you want. But, non-fat foods can still have calories. Check the food label to find out if eating the non-fat version of a food is really saving you any calories -- sometimes it's not. Many programs recommend moderating your dietary fat intake, and that is obviously good advice. Eating low-fat foods happens to be an excellent guideline for keeping your calorie intake low. In addition, moderating your dietary fat intake may contribute to your health in other ways. However, it will not alter the mathematics of weight management -- you still have to eat fewer calories than you burn if you want to lose weight.
The problem with the way the human body works is that calories counting is tedious and difficult. Most weight-loss programs, as well as the so-called "fad diets", focus on other guidelines which are simpler to follow than calorie counting. However, none of these guidelines alter the underlying principles of weight management.
It looks like people lose fast on nocarb diets- like the induction phases of Atkins and SouthBeach... check out those sections and see how people are doing on those diets. I can't handle no carbs so never stuck to it long.
No there's no quick fix. Crash diets will ruin your metabolism. I certainly did my share in my teens and 20s, and you see where it got me - nearly to 400 lbs. Forget about crash dieting, just find a healthy workable plan and stick to it for life. Really, that is the ONLY thing that works. Atkins for me, counting calories for some, South Beach for others, WW for others. Find the one you can live with for life then do it. Best of luck.
Yes!There are quick fixes,such as diet pills. But,they don't work for long. So obviously that is not the answer. I tried every fad,pill,shake. But,they hid the problem,and in the end don't work. So,then I guess,I change my answer,There are no quick fixes!
Instant Weight Loss...? Is there a quick fix?
